Post by shikharani00189 on Oct 31, 2024 7:28:07 GMT 2
Google regularly publishes articles to better explain how its search engine works. On April 20, 2018 , Danny Sullivan recalled on Google's Search blog how the autocomplete system works for users, and what it can bring in terms of search quality .
Google and autocomplete in search
Autocomplete allows any user to avoid typing an off page seo service entire query on a keyboard (mobile or computer) because the search engine offers search predictions to save time. On average, these predictions save nearly 25% of typing time for each user , for a total of up to 200 years per day (yes, that's a lot, but that's it... ^^).
As you know, autocomplete is not only used to offer search predictions, it also allows you to correct terms or save typing time, especially on mobile. The following screenshot is the perfect example of this autocomplete .
Google Autocomplete
Google is talking about "predictions" and not "suggestions" for searches . Of course, this may seem like a nuance, but according to the search engine, the goal of autocomplete is to suggest the searches that the user is most likely to do based on what they have already typed. It is therefore not a question of suggesting answers that just fit in terms of letters, but rather of basing it on popular, geolocated or highly searched queries that best match the first letters already typed . It is in this sense that SEO specialists like to take advantage of these search predictions to better understand queries or topics to work on... ;-)
Autocomplete in Google search
Be aware that the predictions are not all textual, Google is introducing more and more direct answers in the autocomplete section. The press release provides a screenshot with several examples. Normally, these features can be seen on Google Chrome and mobile only.
Other types of predictions in Google
Having tried in Google Chrome on a computer, I even had a result displayed directly in the browser's address bar, like this:
Search predictions in Google Chrome browser
The prediction system is still subject to some rules. On the one hand, certain types of predictions are automatically removed from the proposals , and on the other hand, users can request to remove certain proposals (see screenshot below). Google's idea is to keep only risk-free queries and the engine must have enough material to deprive itself of a few bad predictions... :-)